Overview

This important book was compiled under the auspices of the Vano Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire,International Research Center for Traditional Polyphony in Tbilisi, Georgia. This collection is aimed to those who are interested in Georgian traditional polyphonic singing. It contains seventeen works of seventeen authors, both foreign and Georgian scholars, written throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Eleven of these works had been published before (but not in English), and six of the articles were written by contemporary scholars for this collection. Problems of the origins, distribution, ethno-cultural interaction with other cultures, identity, scales, harmony, issues of vocal and instrumental polyphony are discussed in these articles. Georgian traditional polyphony has long since become a symbol of the complexity that traditional musical culture can achieve in creating sophisticated forms of multi-part singing. In 2001 UNESCO proclaimed Georgian polyphonic singing a ""Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity"". Earlier, in 1977 Georgian song Chakrulo was included among the very limited amount of information about the Earth and its diverse cultures that was launched into space. Georgia is becoming one of the international centers of the study of the traditional polyphony.

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Author:   Rusudan Tsurtsumia ,  Joseph Jordania
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Weight:   0.740kg
ISBN:  

9781608764778

ISBN 10:   160876477
Pages:   298
Publication Date:   02 November 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Georgian Songs; The Views & Theories of Georgian Authors-; Svan Folk Song; Forms of Multipart Singing in Georgian Folk Songs; Essay on Georgian Folk Songs (Achara); The Types of Georgian Polyphony -; On the Question of Modzakhili -- High Bass; On The Problem of Polyphony in Meskhetian Songs; Some Characteristic Features of the Voice Coordination & Harmony in Georgian Multipart Music; On Authentic & Plagal Types of Monotonic (Non-Octave) Scales in Georgian Traditional Vocal polyphony; The Role of Responsorial Singing in Development of Georgian Polyphony; Criteria for Determining the Types of Polyphony of Georgian Folk Songs; A Historical Examination of the Links Between Georgian Polyphony & Central Asian-Transcaucasian Monophony; Georgian Traditional Polyphony in Comparative Studies: History & Perspectives; The Georgian Model: Toward the Ethnogeomusical Approach to the World of Oral Polyphony; Georgian Multipart Singing & National Identity; Bibliography on Georgian polyphony.

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